firm characteristics for analyzing the determinants of outward foreign direct investment (FDI). The focus is on the role of … ownership shares in new affiliates. -- Multinational enterprises ; firm characteristics ; Indian locations ; German FDI …

investments (FDI) in the US. In contrast to earlier work, this paper puts special emphasis on controlling for Marshallian … externalities may, if not accounted for appropriately, be falsely attributed to FDI. This paper also deals with the potential … endogeneity of FDI and the presence of spatial lags by employing a system generalized method of moments (GMM) estimator. We use a …

undertaking new greenfield FDI. -- International sourcing ; FDI ; competitiveness of firms ; market access ; cost reduction ; core …

compensated partly by new job creation, particularly for high skilled workers. -- Outsourcing ; outward FDI ; motives ; location …

In addition to firm and industry characteristics, the heterogeneity of foreign direct investment (FDI) has to be taken … into account when analyzing the determinants of outward FDI. We combine two firm-specific datasets on German firms with … subsidiaries and joint ventures in the Czech Republic, compared to a control group of German firms without FDI in this host country …

importance of firm-level productivity and distance-related transaction costs as driving forces of FDI. Yet the timing of FDI has … received little attention in the empirical literature on FDI determinants. To help close this gap we analyze FDI decisions by … German firms with and without affiliates in the Czech Republic at different stages of transition. We find that FDI entry …

concentration of FDI in a few locations could fuel regional divergence in post-reform India. -- FDI ; economic geography ; location …

available from Global Trade Alert, combined with bilateral FDI data between OECD countries and a large number of partner … FDI flows. The verdict from this analysis is clear: a country that implements new protectionist measures may expect that … about 40 to 80 percent lower FDI inflows. Trade protection does not appear to have any implications for the country’s FDI …